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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963078603321

Autore

James L

Titolo

George Padmore and Decolonization from Below : Pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the End of Empire / / by L. James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

9781349469062

1349469068

9781137352033

1137352035

9781137352026

1137352027

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, , 2635-1641

Disciplina

320.54096

Soggetti

Civilization - History

World politics

Social history

Imperialism

History, Modern

International relations

Cultural History

Political History

Social History

Imperialism and Colonialism

Modern History

International Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Artful Anti-colonialist; 1 Origins: 'The Most Completely Political Negro'; 2 Putting Empire in Black and White; 3 'The Long, Long Night is Over': A War of Opportunity?; 4 Writing Anti-imperial Solidarity from London; 5 The Psychological Moment; 6 A Buttress for the 'Beacon Light'; 7



Nation, Diaspora, and Modernity; 8 Ghana, Death, and the Afterlife; Conclusion: 'The Soliloquy of Africa'; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that the rising tide of anti-colonialism after the 1930s should be considered a turning point not just in harnessing a new mood or feeling of unity, but primarily as one that viewed empire, racism, and economic degradation as part of a system that fundamentally required the application of strategy to their destruction.